LITerature: Recent Episodes
LITerature
From the classics to trending series and fanfics, Mel and Sam get lit and give their unqualified opinions on books.
check the episode descriptions to see what's coming!
We're diving in to CC3 and the Sarah J. Maas universe this episode. Spoilers for the ACOTAR series and Throne of Glass as well.
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WHAT WE'RE READING: Bride by Ali Hazelwood
We're Talking Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros! Check out our previous episode on Fourth Wing here...
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literaturepod/episodes/Fourth-Wing-e27jg6f/a-aa6grvu
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WHAT WE'RE READING: A Fire in the Flesh
We're back! This week we're covering a Soul of Ash and Blood, by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
If you're a regular listener who has missed us...we have been on a bit of a break and likely will be slowing down how frequently we can post going forward. BUT, we aren't done forever. So subscribe if you actually want to know when we release.
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Hopeful to do a next episode on Iron Flame!!!
We're talking about Forget Me Not by Julie Soto!
WHAT WE'RE READING: A Soul of Ash and Blood; Hell Bent; The Summer I Turned Pretty Series
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We’re talking “Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo!
WHAT WE’RE READING: Hell Bent; Forget Me Not; A Soul of Ash & Blood
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We’re talking “Love, Theoretically” by Ali Hazelwood! Send opinions and recs to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com WHAT WE’RE READING: Ninth House & Hell Bent; A Soul of Ash & Blood
Sam and Mel are talking about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Send opinions and recs to litonliterature@gmail.com. WHAT WE’RE READING: Love, Theoretically; Zodiac book 5
The "sequel" is here! This is The Ashes and the Star Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent, sequel to The Serpent and the Wings of Night. We have an episode on the first one too if you need a refresher! Send opinions and recs to litonliteratuerpod@gmail.com What We're Reading: Four Wings; Love, Theoretically
This week we're talking about Get in My Swamp: An Ogre Love Story by G.M. Fairy, and BOY what an episode.
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WHAT WE'RE READING: The Ashes and the Star Cursed King; Fourth Wing; Love, Theoretically
We’re talking Happy Place by Emily Henry! send opinions and recs to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com WHAT WE’RE READING: Fourth Wing; The Ashes and the Star Cursed King; Get in My Swamp
We're doing a spoiler free recap of some of this year's reads, what we have loved and not so much.
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WHAT WE'RE READING: Happy Place by Emily Henry, The Ashes and the Star Cursed King
This week we're talking A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair!
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WHAT WE'RE READING: "The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King" and "Happy Place"
This week we're discussing The Serpent and The Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, book ONE of the Crowns of Nyaxia series! Book two was released just yesterday, so if anyone needs a recap refresher, we've got you!!
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What we're Reading: Book 2, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, and A Touch of Darkness is still coming!
We're talking Zodiac Academy book 4, Shadow Princesses, and book 5, Curse Fates, by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. We let you know when we switch over to book 5 (25:18) so you can listen to the first half spoiler free if you haven't gotten that far yet.
The episode covering books 1-3 linked here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/MJWHbZrNzyb
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NEXT EPISODE: A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
This week we're talking A Light in the Flame, book two of the Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. This is the sequel to A Shadow in the Ember, which we also discuss briefly, and the sister series to From Blood and Ash, so SPOILERS FOR ALL!!!
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NEXT WEEK: Zodiac Academy books 5 and 6
We're talking about Babel by R.F. Kuang!
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NEXT WEEK: A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout
We're talking about The Atlas Six and The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake!
NEXT WEEK: Babel by R.F. Kuang
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We're back after our break, talking about our favorite reads of the year, our book "icks," and more. This is a spoiler free episode!!
Coming soon...The Atlas Paradox, Babel, A Light in the Flame
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Upcoming episodes:
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Atlas Six & Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Schedule through the holidays will be irregular but we are doing our best to still put episodes out. We apologize!!
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This week we're talking about The Poppy War series books 1-3: The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God by R.F. Kuang. Check your trigger warnings for this one!
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NEXT WEEK: Babel by R.F. Kuang
This week we're talking about books 1 through 3 of Shatter Me the series by Tahereh Mafi: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, and Ignite Me.
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NEXT WEEK: The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang
We’re doing “blind dates with a book!”send opinions and recommendations to litonliteratuepod@gmail.com! NEXT WEEK: shatter me 1,2 and 3 by Tahereh Mafi
In this episode we talk about Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood. We also open our "blind dates with a book" that we will be reading and recording for next week! Blind date opening starts at 23:40 for those who want to avoid LOTB spoilers send opinions and recommendations to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com NEXT WEEK: Blind dates with a book! Listen to this episode starting at 23:40 for the reveal...
This week we're talking Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover! send opinions and recommendations to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com NEXT WEEK: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
This week we're talking Corrupt by Penelope Douglas (check your trigger warnings)!
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This week we discuss The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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NEXT WEEK: Corrupt by Penelope Douglas
We’re talking Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid!
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NEXT WEEK: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This is our first release about the Zodiac Academy series by Caroline Peckham and Suzanne Valenti. We cover books one, two, and three. If you want to listen to just the books you've read and avoid spoilers, time codes for two and three below! The rest of the series is coming, so keep reading.
Book 2, Ruthless Fae: 12:05
Book 3, The Reckoning: 26:25
NEXT WEE: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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We're talking about HP fan-fiction, Manacled by SenLinYu. Send opinions and recommendations to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com NEXT WEEK: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
We discuss A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Lot's of trigger warnings for this one, including sexual assault, self harm, suicide and more...so check your trigger warnings.
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NEXT WEEK: fan-fiction Manacled by SenLinYu
We talk about the one and only Twilight Saga: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
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NEXT WEEK: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
This week we're talking about The Bride Test and The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Kiss Quotient starts at 17:00 send opinions and recommendations to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com NEXT WEEK: we’re on a bit of a hiatus due to travel, will be back soon!
We're talking about Kulti and The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, both by Mariana Zapata
Wall of winnipeg starts at 23 minutes
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NEXT WEEK: The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
This week we are talking about the Addicted series and the Calloway Sisters series by Krista and Becca Ritchie. Spoilers for all books in the series!
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NEXT WEEK: Kulti and Wall of Winnipeg by Mariana Zapata
We're talking about the Ice Planet Barbarian Series by Ruby Dixon! We discuss Ice Planet Barbarians, Barbarian Alien, and Barbarian Lover, with a brief discussion about book four, Barbarian Mine.
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NEXT WEEK: The Addicted/Calloway Sisters series by Krista and Becca Ritchie
Today we are talking about House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas.
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We're discussing Book Lovers by Emily Henry!
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NEXT WEEK: Crescent City 1 & 2 by Sarah J Maas
We finish the Throne of Glass series with the final book, Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
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NEXT WEEK: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
We take on Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, and Tower of Dawn from the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
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NEXT WEEK: Kingdom of Ash, the final book of the series!
We ambitiously take on Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Assassin's Blade, and Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
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NEXT WEEK: Pt. 2 of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass. The episode will cover Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, and Tower of Dawn (Kingdom of Ash will have its own episode the following week).
We're talking The Selection, The Elite, and The One by Kiera Cass
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NEXT WEEK: the start of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass. The episode will cover Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Assassin's Blade, and Heir of Fire only!
We're talking Priest and Sinner by Sierra Simone. If you haven't read these...we still say listen for a laugh.
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NEXT WEEK: The Selection, The Elite, and The Heir by Kiera Cass
Talking The Secret History by Donna Tart
NEXT WEEK: Priest & Sinner by Sierra Simone
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Talking about The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, and The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. Send us your thoughts and recommendations to litonliteraturepod@gmail.com Next Week: The Secret History by Donna Tart Fan art link... https://images.app.goo.gl/3NHkcFoQEm7rnXhb8
We're talking Verity by Colleen Hoover!
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NEXT WEEK: Cruel Prince (the series) by Holly Black
We're talking about Taylor Jenkins Reid books: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six, and Malibu Rising.
Daisy Jones and the Six discussion starts at 25 minutes in,
Malibu Rising at 52:30.
NEXT WEEK: Verity by Colleen Hoover
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We’re discussing the latest installment in the From Blood and Ash series, TWOTQ by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
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link to the fan art we mention…https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ43n1ylatJ/?utm_medium=copy_link
Talking fan-fiction The Auction by LovesBicta8, our first dramione derivative review! let us know your thoughts litonliteraturepod@gmail.com check out the author's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/austen-bronte-and-hugo-walk-into-a-bar/id1516362948
Talking From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata.
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We talk about the first three blood and ash books: From Blood and Ash, Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, and The Crown of Gilded Bones. SPOILER ALERT!!! litonliteraturepod@gmail.com
We're talking about Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation in this episode all about one of our favorite romance writers, Emily Henry. PWMOV discussion starts 24:41 for anyone who wants to avoid Beach Read spoilers Let us know what you think and send us book requests at litonliteraturepod@gmail.com
Mel and Sam discuss A Court of Thorns and Roses series, covering ACOTAR through A Court of Silver Flames, by Sarah J. Maas.
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Talking about acclaimed fan-fic All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89 Sorry for any audio issues, we are still figuring it out! Let us know your thoughts about the books we have talked about and plan to talk about at litonliteraturepod@gmail.com